TheCrazySquirrel

A few nifty stats I found over on Barna.

There has been a 92% increase in the number of unchurched Americans in the last thirteen years. In 1991 there were 39 million unchurched Americans compared with 75 million currently. (2004)

More than three out of five (62%) unchurched adults consider themselves to be Christian. (2006)

62% of Republicans attended church in a typical weekend compared to 47% of Democrats. (2006)

More than half of all adults (54%) believe that if a person is generally good, or does enough good things for others during their life, they will earn a place in Heaven. (2006).

Although they comprise slightly less than half of the national population, men constitute 55% of the unchurched. (2006)

51% of the unchurched assert that when Jesus Christ lived on earth, He committed sins. (2006)

A profile of Americans’ income (2006)

• 30% of American adults earn $30K or less annually, before taxes. (2006)
• 38% of American adults earn between $30K and $60K annually, before taxes. (2006)
• 20% of American adults earn $60K to $100K annually, before taxes. (2006)
• 12% of Americans earn over $100K annually, before taxes (2006)

9% of born agains tithed 10% of their income to a house of worship in 2004.

Christian Education/Sunday School

• 27% of women compared to 21% of men attend Sunday school in a typical week. (2006)
• 38% of born again Christians and 65% of evangelicals attend Sunday school in a typical week. (2006)
• Sunday school remains a draw primarily in the South, where three out of ten adults (29%) attend in a typical week. In contrast, 15% in the northeast, 26% in the midwest and 24% in the west have attended sunday school in a typical week. This may be related to the comparatively high incidence of Southern Baptists in the South, for whom Sunday school remains a central focus of the church. (2006)

Prayer

• More than four out of five adults (84%) pray during a typical week. (2006)
• Women (89%) are more likely than are men (79%) to pray in a given week. (2006)
• Blacks (95%) are more likely than Hispanics (91%), whites (83%) or Asians (51%) to pray in a given week. (2006)
• Residents of the South (91%) are the most likely to pray in a typical week. Midwest (87%) and West (78%) Northeast (78%) (2006)